I know little to nothing about grass, so please bear with me.
The front yard of my north Georgia cabin is sparsely covered in some type of grass that I keep cut during the growing season using a rotary brush cutter. It's thin in some places, and completely absent in a few large areas. Those areas get rutted by vehicles, bicycles, whatever passes over them. I'd like to get some grass growing to get the soil more stable and resistent to erosion and rutting. It's hard packed red clay soil. The below picture shows some of the weak areas. I don't have a pic of the bald areas, but it's basically the same topology minus the grass. Ignore the guests. We sometimes put corn in that area, and that's what they're there for. They don't have an opinion on the grass, as far as I know.
I have a box blade with tines. I don't have any type of rake attachments for my tractor, but the areas aren't so large that I couldn't rake by hand.
Other challenges: I don't have running water in this area of the yard, as it's at least 150 yards from a spigot. I could probably run a really long hose to it; the problem areas are mostly downhill from the spigot, so I expect water pressure would not be an issue. We're also entering our wettest season, if that matters. Most of the problem areas get full sunlight throughout the spring and summer.
I need advice on:
- prepping the soil
- what seed to lay down and how to lay it down
- how to take care of it so it grows
Would appreciate any input.
The front yard of my north Georgia cabin is sparsely covered in some type of grass that I keep cut during the growing season using a rotary brush cutter. It's thin in some places, and completely absent in a few large areas. Those areas get rutted by vehicles, bicycles, whatever passes over them. I'd like to get some grass growing to get the soil more stable and resistent to erosion and rutting. It's hard packed red clay soil. The below picture shows some of the weak areas. I don't have a pic of the bald areas, but it's basically the same topology minus the grass. Ignore the guests. We sometimes put corn in that area, and that's what they're there for. They don't have an opinion on the grass, as far as I know.
I have a box blade with tines. I don't have any type of rake attachments for my tractor, but the areas aren't so large that I couldn't rake by hand.
Other challenges: I don't have running water in this area of the yard, as it's at least 150 yards from a spigot. I could probably run a really long hose to it; the problem areas are mostly downhill from the spigot, so I expect water pressure would not be an issue. We're also entering our wettest season, if that matters. Most of the problem areas get full sunlight throughout the spring and summer.
I need advice on:
- prepping the soil
- what seed to lay down and how to lay it down
- how to take care of it so it grows
Would appreciate any input.